Jttlien stranders



J. STRANDERS.

ADVERTISING 0R DISPLAY DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 16. 191B.

1 9 3 1 3 35 1 Patented Aug. 19, 1919.

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JULIE-N srraAn'DEas, or BROOKLYN, Niaw-YoRK, ASSIGNOB- o HARRY B. KRUGER, or I NEW 2.01m, N. Y.

ADVERTISING OR DISPLAY DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIEN b'rRANDERs, a subject. of the King of England. and a resident of Brooklyn, county of Kings, in

the State of New York, have invented cer- M1111 new and useful Improvements in Advertising or Display Devices, of which the followingis a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in advertising or display devices, and

particularly that class of display devices with which the article to be displayed is exhibited tive and to effectively display the same.

More embodiment of my invention to provide 'a device having a plurality of display panels offset from each other in dis lay position, to the end that a backgroun display panel may. beprovided behind the article to p be displayed and a foreground may be provided before the article to be displayed. A further object is to provide such a device which may be conveniently formed by means of a single.

operation by means of a stamping die from a sheet of material, preferably cardboard. and which in the non-display position will be fiat. so that the device may be conveniently shipped in large quantities and stored without taking up any great amount of room. Another object is to eliminate waste in the manufacture. The various portions of the device fit into each other in the flat or non-display position so that there are no openings left and are so designedthat in the displayposition the attractive appearance of the device will not be sacrificed y the economy in material.

It is also proposed in the present embodiment of the invention to enable the article to be displayed to be first placed in position independently of the display device and thereupon place the device in display relation therewith.

Vith these and other objects in View an embodiment of my invention is disclosed in the accompanying drawings and this embodiment will be hereafter more fully described with reference thereto and the invention will be pointed out in the claims.

8 pecificatieii of Letters Patent.

tional view taken along the Fig. 1.

articularly I propose in the present.

Patented Aug. '19, 1919.

hpplicationnled'Api'il 16, 1918. SeriaI'No. 228,907.

In the accompanying drawings, '1 igui'e 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of my invention in display position and combined with an articleto be displayed. Fig. 2 is a plan viewof the device in the flat or non-display position as it is blanked out. Fig. 3 is an end View in display position, and Fig. l. is a vertical secline H of Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings,fthe display device formed according to the present embodiment of my invention consists of a real display panel 10, a front display panel 11 and connecting portions 12 and 13 hingedly connected by score lines respectively to the lower edge of the panel 10 and to the upper edge of the panel 11. The portions 12 and 13 are separated by an opening 14, an extension 1510f the panel 10 projecting into the said opening, and adapted, as hereinafter pointed out, to form a supporting leg for the )anel 10. An extension 16 of the panel 11 also extendsiinto opening portion 14 and is se iarated from the extension 15 by a cut 1 v The portions 12 and 13- are spaced from the ends'of the panel. 10 and the upright extensions 18 and 19 of the panel 11 extend at the sides tliereofin the fiat position of the device. the upper edges of the said portions extending to the lower edge of the upper panel 10,.while the inner sideedges thereof and the outer side edges of the portions 12 and 13 conform.

While the shape of the panels is arbitrary and may be adapted .to any Suitable design or plan of decoration, it will 'be seen that the construction above described enables the device to be manufactured conveniently of material whatever. It will be understood that this same idea may be carried out where the portions 18 and 19 are of a different shape by suitablycutting the mate rial at 20, as the conforming shape of the panel 10 and portions 12 and 13 at this portion of the device do not essentially constitute a decorative'portion of the device in the display position.

In the display position of the device the article to be displayed, as for instance, a container 2-1, is placed within the opening 14, the panels 10 and 11 having previously been placed in ofi'set relat-ionwith each other, the portions 12 and 13 extending laterally between the same. The article engages the supporting leg 15 and a portion of the panel 10 above the same and also'engages the intermediate portion of the panel 11 at its inner side, and in this manner the device is rigidly supported. The supporting leg 15 is preferably of a height greater than those portions of the panel 11 connected to the portions 12 and 13, so that in the display position the said portions 12 and 13 are inclined downwardly from the panel 10 and suitable advertising matter may be printed thereon, by reason of this inclination same may be conveniently read by anyone viewing the device. Also advertising matter may be printed upon the panels 10 and 11.

I have illustrated and described-preferred and satisfactory embodiments of my invention, but it is obvious that changes may be made therein within the spirit and scope thereof as you will find in the appended claims.

v I claim:

1. A collapsible display device comprising spaced display panels and relatively movable means connecting said panels to each other, said device being adjustablesto collapsed or erect position with all parts thereof in the same connected relation in both positions of the device, the device having an opening between the panels adapted to receive an article to be displayed, .the article engaging the spaced panels to prevent their movement toward each other to collapsed positions, said panels and the connecting meansextending in acommon plane when the device is collapsed.

' 2. An advertising device for displaying packages, comprising a pair of display panels, means hingedly connected to said panels and adapted to space the same with relation to each other, said device being provided with an opening extending between said panels, said opening adapted to receive a package to be displayed, said package adapted to engage the front face of one of said panels and the rear side of the other of said panels to support the panels in display posltion. V

3. An advertising device for displaying packages formed from'a single piece of flat material and comprising afront display panel, a rear display panel, means hingedly connecting the panels .to each other, said device being provided with an opening extending between said panels, and a supporting leg on said rear panel adapted to extend into said opening in the flat or non-display position of said device, said opening adapted to receive a package to be displayed, the package adapted to engage said supporting leg and the-front face of said rear display panel and the rear side of said front display panel to support the same in display position. I 4. An advertising device for displaying packages formed from a single piece of flat material and comprising a front display panel, a rear display panel, means connecting said panels and hinged respectively to the lower edge of said rear display panel and the upper edge of said front display panel, said device being provided with an opening extending between said panels,said

opening adapted to receive a package to be displayed, said package adapted to c'oiiperate with said device to support the same in display position.

5. An advertising device for displaying packages formed from a single piece of flat 35 material and comprising a front display panel, a rear display panel, means connecting said panels and hinged respectively to the lower edge of ---said rear display panel and the upper edge of said front display panel, said device being provided with an opening extending between said panels, said opening adapted to receive a package to be displayed, said package adapted to cooperate with said device to'support the same in display position, said front panel having upstanding display portions adapted to extend in the plane of said rear panel andsaid connecting means in the flat or non-display position of said device. i

In testimony that I claimthe foregoing as my invention, have signed my name.

JULIEN sTRANDERs. 

